Children, Consumerism, and the Common Good - Couverture rigide

Roche, Mary M. Doyle

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0739129473 ISBN 13 : 9780739129470

Editeur : Lexington Books, 2009

Synopsis

Children, Consumerism, and the Common Good explores the impact of consumer culture on the lives of children in the United States and globally, focusing on two phenomena: advertising to children and child labor. Christian communities have a critical role to play in securing the well-being of children and challenging the cultural trends that undermine that well-being. Themes in the tradition of Catholic social teaching can move us beyond the tensions between childrens rights activists and those who propose a return to family values and can inform practices of resistance, participation, and transformation. Roche argues that children are full, interdependent members of the communities of which they are a part. They have a claim on the fruits of our common life and are called to participate in that life according to their age and ability. The principle of the common good forms the benchmark for analyzing childrens participation in the market and the ways in which market logic shapes other institutions of civil society, particularly educational institutions. The Cristo Rey Network of schools is highlighted as an example of institutional transformation which shapes childrens participation in education and the economic life of their families and communities in a spirit of solidarity.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Mary M. Doyle Roche is assistant professor and Edward Bennett Williams Fellow in the Department of Religious Studies at the College of the Holy Cross.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Lexington Books
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0739129473
• ISBN 13: 9780739129470
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 158
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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